inlaws

[opalfirefly.livejournal.com]

I have definately decided that I am NOT sharing my names with my future mother in law...until after the name is "written in stone"

I asked her about the name Sabrina the other day and she replied with "its a frivolous name and probably wouldnt get a good job b/c of it"
Needless to say I was SHOCKED!!!

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[twoheadedboi.livejournal.com]

Hi, I'm Lana, not pregnant, just like names.

How would you all pronounce the name Samien? I like it as Say-mee-en, but I think it's intended to be pronounced Sam-ee-en, which I don't like as much. Thanks.

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[sl33pyhed.livejournal.com]

What do you think of the name Bishounen (bee-SHOW-nen) for a boy?
Its Japanese slang that literally translates into "beautiful boy". Would it be too weird to give a white, American boy a Japanese name?
Its strange but I really really love this and the nickname I would use would be Bish (beesh).

Maggie...?

[home-to-me.livejournal.com]

I posted before, looking for ideas for my brother and his girlfriend (due in September, YAY!). They find out the sex in a little under a month. I'm hoping it's a girl. So is she.

Anyway, she likes the nn "Maggie." My real name is Margaret. My mother's name was Margaret. She doesn't like the name Margaret (can't say I am too big on it either. Heck, I don't even use it anymore except for legal purposes and stuff, but it'll be my first daughter's middle name. One day). Anyway, she doesn't want to use Margaret, but she likes Maggie (and, I agree with her, that Maggie doesn't sound like a full name). So, any thoughts on what Maggie could be a nickname for? She's tossing around "Magdalena" and "Magnolia." I think Magnolia is way fun, though probably only because I think "Steel Magnolias" is the best movie of all time, and it's part of my first real email address I had. Plus, my niece is Lily, so two flower names would be way too cute. But, no one else (including my brother, I think) likes it. *shrugs* Someone suggested Megan (didn't say what spelling, but I think that Meaghan is pretty. *shrugs again*). I have to pass along THAT idea to her.

Any thoughts on other names that could have Maggie as a nickname?